Trump/Barr/WH/DoJ Corruption VIII

By PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 3:20pm |

Priors:

http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/doj-craziness-thread-31158
http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/doj-flynn-kraziness-part-ii-31344
http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/doj-flynn-kraziness-iii-transcripts-31418
http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/doj-flynn-kraziness-iv-advanced-circuitr...
http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/doj-flynn-co-death-march-kraziness-v-31724
http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/doj-karty-thread-vi-31817
http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/doj-unlawful-ag-campaign-stooge-thread-3...

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Trump loses emoluments appeal

(will it matter?)

2nd Circuit's order came in @CREWcrew v Trump. @deepakguptalaw, @NormEisen, @tribelaw for the plaintiffs. The appeals court in Sept. revived claims against the president: https://t.co/OU398IoXDE pic.twitter.com/j6gRbLNO6r
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) August 17, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 3:21pm

Very glad you caught this. I had given up. As to the "Trump Heights" issue, trump just can't see a joke when it is put on a sign right in front of his eyes. (Wouldn't it be sweet if the translation of the Hebrew part of the sign said "It Isn't What It Isn't")

by CVille Dem on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:35am

Trump doesnt care - he gets the promo win. Half his towers are shells (Azerbaijan? Panama? hows Turkey doing?), his casinos go bankrupt. As long as He can further the grift, whether he brought jobs to Indiana or coal back to West Virginia doesnt waste him a second.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 10:13am

Israbluff & Evangelicals

It was also for Trump - so he could see a new sign with his name on it. It said "Trump Heights," a coming settlement in the Golan Heights. Except for one thing. There's no such plan in the works. https://t.co/laY4fmtCr5
— Deanne Stillman (@DeanneStillman2) August 18, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 4:53am

payoff man: no ode DeJoy DeJoy’s former supply chain company XPO Logistics has been awarded 100s of millions of dollars in federal contracts, primarily through the Pentagon - including more than $14 million in defense contracts the month DeJoy stepped down, May 2018. Contracts all but stopped that month.
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) August 18, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:33am

He clearly is way savvier than most Trump loyalists. I had immediate suspicion along the lines of "what's up with that?" when he accepted coming to talk to the House Committee from a letter, none of the Barr style delay crap with subpoenas and all. This enquiring mind wonders what he plans to say when he gets there...

by artappraiser on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 10:24am

SCOOPLET: In a meeting w/ Pelosi and Schumer on Aug. 5, Louis DeJoy offered to briefly suspend the operational changes affecting mail delivery, 2 sources told me. He offered to stop the changes 10 days before the election but Dems want them stopped now. https://t.co/jBhy9RiHvA
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) August 18, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 2:00pm

Papadop & Mifsud backchannel

SSCI calls bullshit on Papadopoulos' claim not to have told the campaign about Russia's coming efforts. https://t.co/kIqjzTcLzm pic.twitter.com/jaOLuSDcqt
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 18, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 10:22am

Exec privilege on Flynn lies?

Trump claimed privilege over a document that a Russian connected consultant wrote for Flynn.

Flynn proffered to Mueller he didn't remember speaking to him.

"I don't remember speaking to that guy I lied about privilege on to hide information from you." pic.twitter.com/yJiDIGwtlf
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 18, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 10:27am

Natasha Bertrand retweeted:

The Mueller report was not as clearly written as this Senate document, every word of which was signed off on by Republican Trump allies. That is not a ringing endorsement of the Mueller report. https://t.co/uhnIPn6p0e
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) August 18, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 11:03am

& Manafort fed that Rusky agent polling data on 4 states - 3 of which turned surprisingly close & flipped by a few 10's of thousands to give Trump the election. Put that in your calculators, sports fans.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 12:17pm

Also, Kilimnik--whom SSCI says, straight out, is a GRU officer--was in the US in March 2016, when that hackin was going on.

Remember that Stone may have known abt some of this ahead of time.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 18, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 1:16pm

Trump and the former Miss Moscow.@nytmike https://t.co/Nay3klcjri
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) August 19, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:25pm

USPS Board to Schumer: Drop Dead

(yet Board informed Mnuchin what was going on)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/19/postal-service-dejoy-...

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/19/2020 - 12:15pm

I did a forward on their website and at my local post office. In March. I never received a piece of mail and could not contact the specific post office in Berkeley/Oakland area. It was unbelievable experience.
— Ms. Stephanie Wilson (@Sttephaniee) August 19, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/19/2020 - 5:03pm

TPM: Senate Trump revelations

Worse than can be imagined.

Will they make a difference in 90 days?

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/senate-intel-obstruction-tactics...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 2:17am

Steve Bannon indicted thread

Looking forward to these texts being released at the trial. pic.twitter.com/rvEbXQWnZV
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 20, 2020

Here's all the bank accounts listed for forfeiture.

It's a lot of bank accounts.

"White Knights and Vultures"? Which is Bannon? pic.twitter.com/5HG776Xgta
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 20, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 10:33am

Note two things about the Bannon indictment. 1. it explains why Trump-Barr removed US Attorney Berman so precipitously. 2. SDNY made case not with FBI, but Postal Inspectors and internal SDNY agents. Open question: did SDNY seek approval for charges from Barr (wd not need to)?
— Andrew Weissmann (@AWeissmann_) August 20, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 11:32am

It takes a Village Idiot to raise a failed child

Testimonials on the We Build the Wall website from @DonaldJTrumpJr Trump fundraising chair @kimguilfoyle, Texas @replouiegohmert and former Trump campaign manager @CLewandowski_ all suggest the group had built something.

Trump Jr.: This is private enterprise at its finest." pic.twitter.com/o8h6dPJAgv
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) August 20, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 1:20pm

My goodness, there are lots of meaty chunks in this stew.

by moat on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 5:19pm

Yeah, "too many cooks...", though in this case I wish there were even more - easier to pitch overboard in a gunny sack than dunk one-by-one.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 5:28pm

It is hard to push them on to the same dust pan. The work will have to be itemized.
Those thousands of points of lights don't need a lot of central management.
If we mix too many more metaphors, something might break.

by moat on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 5:56pm

And what's meta for if not to break the surly bonds of earth?

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 6:13pm

The map is not the territory.
The corruption is like parties thrown in nightclubs in the Nineties where privacy was welded to public display.
She had Devin Nunes eyes.

by moat on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 6:37pm

Better than Laura Mars. No man is an island (more a peninsula). People's parties, better than piracy wielded to public dismay. Is geomapping replaced by geofencing or just old-fashioned foils?

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 7:57pm

Good question. I will mull.

by moat on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 8:26pm

Can tire - one of the worser of McCartney songs.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 11:20pm

Curt Schilling, David Clarke, Erik Prince and Kris Kobach are also caught up in this We Build the Wall griftapalooza. This is like Christmas in August.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) August 20, 2020

"I thought this was a perfect day. It started with the President’s Chief Strategist getting arrested on a 150 foot yacht for fleecing poor people, and it ended with Vice President Biden saying God bless the troops." - James Carville
— PowersPete: 75 days 4 separation of Trump & State (@PowersPeteDJ) August 21, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 2:23am

not chopped liver: the location of Bannon's arrest

‘Despite the populist aura he tries to project, Mr. Bannon was arrested at 7:15 a.m. on a $35 million, 150-foot yacht belonging to one of his business associates, the fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui’ https://t.co/axihuMocML
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) August 21, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 1:16am

A Wall-a-thon actually happened, including with sarcastic humor:

Folks, this really happened. pic.twitter.com/EviEJCGvs7
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) August 21, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 2:30pm

Aw that's an easy one, you just yell le "j'accuse" classique": DEEP STATE!

Lou Dobbs accuses "the Deep State" of "launching agents of the U.S. Postal Service to arrest" Steve Bannon pic.twitter.com/DuAzWVSvJ8
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) August 20, 2020

I would not be surprised to see Nonny to show up on dagblog soon to drop a few supportive rants.

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 8:09pm

The most amazing part of the We Build the Wall thing is that is considered a CHARITY! I want a new fence. Anyone want to donate?

by CVille Dem on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 1:43pm

Erik Prince/Betsy DeVos redux

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/09/the-strange-ascent-of-betsy-devo...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 11:28am

NEW: Mike Pompeo wanted to live in military housing. A Navy lawyer argued it could be illegal. But the Army gave him a house anyway. My latest, w/ thanks to @weareoversight: https://t.co/qS6ErR8N4O
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) August 20, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 11:34am

Trump loses to Vance again, can't run out clock says judge

The judge calls Team Trump's litigation posture "as unprecedented and far-reaching as it is perilous to the rule of law and other bedrock constitutional principles on which this country was founded and by which it continues to be governed." pic.twitter.com/IZBGM5fjTc
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) August 20, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 11:39am

"quadrilateral collusion" rather than bilateral or binary:

(THREAD) BREAKING: The Senate Intelligence Committee Report solved the Trump-Russia *and* Trump-UAE collusion mysteries simultaneously. Using the Report, this thread explains that collusion wasn't what—or where—many thought. I hope you'll read and RETWEET this historic narrative. pic.twitter.com/XfynM11F9e
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 20, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 12:03pm

Well-made point:

Zero indictments, zero prosecution and zero convictions in the Obama administration.#TrumpMeltdown pic.twitter.com/gcs1vvDPkR
— Rick (@Rccard1999) August 20, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 10:49pm

This goes with that:

FYI: Steve Bannon is still listed as a speaker at the RNC next week
— Rob Szczerba (@RJSzczerba) August 21, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 12:59am

Carter Page & SSCI:

USG redacts 3 paragraphs describing Page's interaction w/CIA and FBI. The PUBLIC information on this shows that 1) Page exaggerated how long his ties w/CIA lasted and what they were 2) he told inconsistent stories abt his ties to Bulatov 3) His latest contacts were not shared. pic.twitter.com/y3NHw6Ak58
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 21, 2020

Oops! SSCI says FBI was right. Anywone want to say sorry?
And Seth Abramson has been talking about that key Mayflower meeting since forever - when they kicked their criminal operations in gear for real, a semi-private meeting for potential colluders.

This footnote describes the back and forth on writing Trump's April 27, 2016 Mayflower Hotel speech. Note that Manafort got input from Matthew Freedman, who has attracted controversy in recent years, mostly on Oz related stuff.https://t.co/UdA6qCkJlB pic.twitter.com/gIJazvIp6p
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 21, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 5:42am

Butina/Torshin & the Fed? (plus Treasury)

That's a long way from the NRA

Curiously, this paragraph doesn't cite the extensive discussion of CNI elsewhere in the report, including an extended redacted section. pic.twitter.com/Y1LsZwCgu0
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 21, 2020

Dmitri Simes' explanation for why he found Butina suspect. pic.twitter.com/Nh9x94PtoG
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 21, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 7:13am

Russia paid Don Jr $90k?

A tiny reference to that meeting Jr had in Paris on Syria. pic.twitter.com/ULG8HtKCoz
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 21, 2020

And "follow the money"? Nope. Sex sells.

More on the 1996 woman.

Nothing on Trump's debt and ties to money laundering. pic.twitter.com/7muYpqauEq
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 21, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 9:51am

SSCI ignored Trump Tower

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/08/20/sscis-timidity-on-trump-tower-moscow/

Or stuff that made Congress look bad

Next thread in the SSCI Report: The Peter Smith effort and other rat-fuckery.https://t.co/7aZvPwvvh9

I've said repeatedly that SSCI avoided anything that might reflect badly on Congress, Dem or GOP. Here's another (inexcusable) instance. pic.twitter.com/Pa773GbbVk
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 22, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 5:03am

Lincoln Project calls for retweet help to create more buzz about the Senate report with hashtags #TheyKnew and #Rubio Report:

We need 5000 people to respond to this tweet with #TheyKnew and #RubioReport.

Let's make sure Americans know who the @SenateGOP really is. https://t.co/NcxtZicOr1
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 21, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 9:46pm

New: Ex-CIA director John Brennan questioned for more than 8 hours in U.S. Attorney John Durham’s probe. By me and ⁦@mattzap⁩ https://t.co/jsoba1fnWu
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) August 22, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 3:00am

Durham "probe" in context

Running Thread of emptywheel's Running Threads on the SSCI Reporthttps://t.co/tVvaV2Iu7A

This has links to all the Twitter threads I've done, plus the emptywheel posts.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 21, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 7:07am

I just published with @AshaRangappa_:

"Manafort’s Reward"

Senator #RonJohnson's staff started work with Russian disinformation operative even BEFORE Trump's call with Ukraine President.

It worked in accord with Manafort's and Giuliani's plan.https://t.co/KMlNBHVZyH
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 24, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 5:31pm

Our investigation began after Michael Cohen testified before Congress that Trump’s annual financial statements inflated the values of his assets to obtain favorable terms for loans & insurance coverage, while also deflating the value of other assets to reduce real estate taxes.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 24, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 11:05pm

Rob Johnson/Giuliani thread

2. Johnson told WaPo (@eliseviebeck @DDaltonBennett): “no recollection of the president mentioning Rudy Giuliani” at May 23 Oval Office meeting.

Others in meeting who testified Trump said to work or talk with Giuliani:

Sondland
Taylor
Volker
Morrison

Johnson somehow forgot.
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 24, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 11:19pm

SSCI Steele thread

There are multiple instances in this report where DNI John Ratcliffe refused to declassify something for a bipartisan oversight committee that he has since (or had already) declassified so Republicans in Congress could politicize it. Here's a key example. pic.twitter.com/usmfpMVDZ6
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 24, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 5:27am

https://t.co/HnwSmslZmM

Today marks the corrupt transformation of our criminal justice system from a tool to absolve Trump's allies of wrongdoing into a bludgeon against his enemies.

The issue isn't the underlying acts; the corruption is the disparate treatment of them.
— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) August 19, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 11:02am

A second document, from the State legal counsel in December 2019, explicitly said Senate-confirmed officials (i.e. the secretary ) cannot even attend a convention-related event. https://t.co/XxmBHKtvFa pic.twitter.com/o9WX9MGp88
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 24, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 7:45am

Shaub WH ethics thread

OSC also says merely tweeting "#resist" can get you in trouble, but openly engaging in Tea Party activity at work is permissible because, according to OSC, "Tea Party" is a vague "umbrella term" not associated with a party. I've never met a Tea Party Democrat. Or a unicorn.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 25, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 8:14am

DOJ asserted in a press release, without citing any evidence, that state orders “may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.”

That’s a bold and highly questionable claim, and one that DOJ will never be able to back up.
https://t.co/7lSkJnLQlu
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 27, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 08/28/2020 - 1:43pm

Least surprising story ever https://t.co/11972J5Orb
— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) August 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/29/2020 - 2:42am

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Russia plays weak hand in Palestine
Russia plays weak hand in Palestine

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The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent

Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019

Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024

Read the article at https://twitter.com/HannaNotte/status/1763116222256701787

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Mother Jones is Reaching out to Alternative Party Voters
Mother Jones is Reaching out to Alternative Party Voters

submitted by HSG 8 months ago

Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/

Read the article at https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/

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Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes...
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force

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Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force https://t.co/pCoDg05irX
— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023

Read the article at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/28/brazil-law-indigenous-land-rights-claim-time-marker?CMP=share_btn_tw

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Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti (...
Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti (December 25, 2023)

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Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds

Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.

Actions to take:

Avoid the area;

Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;

Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and

If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.

Read the article at https://ht.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-port-au-prince-haiti-december-25-2023/

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Pakistan Is Creating the World’s Next Refugee Crisis
Pakistan Is Creating the World’s Next Refugee Crisis

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

By The Editorial Board @ Bloomberg.com, December 8, 2023

A mass expulsion of Afghan migrants could destabilize the region and fuel radicalization. The West should pressure Islamabad to change course.

Read the article at https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-08/pakistan-s-expulsion-of-afghan-refugees-risks-another-crisis

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Internet shut down in Chad
Internet shut down in Chad

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All eyes on #Chad right now
Chad has two internet trunks coming into the country: One from the Red Sea via Sudan; the other from Cameroon. Not possible for the totality of the country's internet network to be shut unless done centrally. A lot of rumors swirling; few facts. https://t.co/N6bDJZ2ixO

Read the article at https://x.com/_hudsonc/status/1732891968709992511?s=20

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[Economy] where Joe's success falls short
[Economy] where Joe's success falls short

submitted by PeraclesPlease 11 months ago

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[CRIME News] 3 loss-prevention employees in Macy’s across...
[CRIME News] 3 loss-prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

BREAKING: Three loss prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed, one of them has died from stab wounds, @PhillyPolice sources tell me. Police converged on the store as the three workers were rushed to Jefferson Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4U1eKycL4W

Read the article at https://x.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1731713272942940365?s=20

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Former U.S. Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As...
Former U.S. Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba

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Former US Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba https://t.co/LDwo4ZJI1K
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 4, 2023

Read the article at https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manuel-rocha-ambassador-arrested-cuba_n_656d1e2ae4b028b0f3d07478

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[War in Israel, Chapter II] UNRWA under scrutiny
[War in Israel, Chapter II] UNRWA under scrutiny

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[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]

You don’t get it.
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) December 2, 2023

Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.

Read the article at https://x.com/GeorgeDeek/status/1731020551328579863?s=20

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Maduro, Under Pressure, Holds Vote to Annex Territory From...
Maduro, Under Pressure, Holds Vote to Annex Territory From a Neighbor

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

Imperialism for me but not for thee?

It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.

Could we have a war in South America?!?

"The people who live in Essequibo are largely… pic.twitter.com/QvMEjkkgwy

Read the article at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/world/americas/maduro-vote-essequibo-guyana.html

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[Where is the GOP headed?] Divisions leave Florida’s House...
[Where is the GOP headed?] Divisions leave Florida’s House Republicans powerless

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The lack of a cohesive delegation has allowed attention-seeking lawmakers to act on their own.

McCarthy: “You have [Rep. Matt] Gaetz, who belongs in jail…”

Gaetz: “Tough words from a guy who sucker punches people in the back. The only assault I committed was against Kevin’s fragile ego.”https://t.co/LctPuz6Pcf

Read the article at https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/29/divisions-leave-floridas-house-republicans-powerless-00129200

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‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-...
‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-Pelosi clashes

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

By Martinn Pengelly in Washington DC for TheGuardian.com, Nov. 30

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Ryan Grim life in Congress ‘completely transformed’ after Democratic leader stepped down

Read the article at https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/30/squad-book-aoc-nancy-pelosi?CMP=share_btn_tw

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US health insurers Humana, Cigna in talks to merge -source
US health insurers Humana, Cigna in talks to merge -source

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

@ Reuters, Nov. 29

Read the article at https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-health-insurers-humana-cigna-talks-merge-wsj-2023-11-29/

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Central Africa’s dinosaur regimes and the art of coup-...
Central Africa’s dinosaur regimes and the art of coup-proofing

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

"Both the AU and the intl community place more weight on whether elections are held than whether they are free and fair. Sanctions/expulsions occur when there is a coup but not necessarily when elections are rigged or if an “institutional coup” occurs." https://t.co/m9dNimJP0D
— Cameron Hudson (@_hudsonc) November 28, 2023

Read the article at https://africanarguments.org/2023/11/central-africas-dinosaur-regimes-and-the-art-of-coup-proofing/

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